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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 7, 1963 reads "Clowning around is not only fun, but profitable, for 15-year-old Tomi Melson, Sun Valley Junior High School student. Above left, she brushes her hair in her mirror before she pins it out of the way to put on clown make-up. At right, with her hair up, she applies a liberal amount of white face powder. Her face is made up with a huge grinning mouth, a red nose, exaggerated black and blue eyebrows topped with blue droplets, and big blue circles on her cheeks, made by outlining a quarter. Below, with her costume complete, she delights Timmy and Tammy Clark, 5-year-old twins from Sun Valley, by making balloon animals." Upper right photo.; See images #00126356 through #00126358 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Sun Valley Middle School (Los Angeles, Calif.)--Students Teenagers--California--Los Angeles Girls--California--Los Angeles Clowns--California--Los Angeles Theatrical makeup--California--Los Angeles Hairpins--California--Los Angeles Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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